Two members of the Irish Aga Khan squad featured in the second big class of the day, the Irish Sports Council Classic, which had two rounds with top international riders facing a formidable maximum fence height of 1m60.

While 19-year-old Wexford rider Bertram Allen finished in ninth place with the stallion Romanov, it was Offaly's Darragh Kenny who took the trophy and its €8,000 prize money with the gelding Picolo, much to the delight of the home crowd.

Kenny outpaced the world's No. 3 rider, Britain's Scott Brash, to give Ireland its second victory of the day in the main arena.